[T3] Intermittently running on two cylinders

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Sat Dec 1 12:05:58 PST 2012


Use sandpaper on your pairs of FI grounds & add star washers for a better
connection.

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Daniel Nohejl <danielnohejl at gmail.com>wrote:

> My wife and I are currently battling this very issue on our '69 SB with
> stock FI. We're not running Pertronix though. Perhaps you should begin by
> verifying the ignition system?
>
> For a while, we were running on #1, #2, and #4. When diagnosing #3, the
> connector for the ground wire snapped off. The wire was brittle and though
> I didn't see it prior to breaking, it could have been that the connection
> was so bad that #3 wasn't firing. After replacing the ground connector, #3
> works.
>
> After that, we lost #2 but haven't had a chance to replace the connectors
> there or do other diagnosis yet.
>
> I'm no expert, but I'd check the ignition system and the injector ground
> connectors.
>
>
> DN
>
> On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Jacob Adam Schroeder wrote:
>
> > My car has developed an issue lately where occasionally it will feel like
> > it is running on two cylinders.  When it does this, I can pull the wires
> > from the fuel injectors on cylinders 2 and 4 and notice no difference in
> > the sound of the engine.  If I pull 1 or 3, I hear the RPM decrease and
> it
> > sounds like it is running on only 1 (if that is even possible).  It is a
> > 1972 Squareback with stock FI (except for Pertronix electronic ignition
> --
> > which I plan to return to the stock set up soon).
> >
> > It does not do this all the time.  In fact, two weeks ago, the car ran
> well
> > enough (firing on all 4) that I took it the 22 miles each way to/from
> work
> > (some of which was highway driving) while my 2012 Golf was in the shop
> > (don't get me started on that).  I thought the problem must have "worked
> > itself out" after that, only to find the problem again this morning.
> >
> > I'm looking for ideas as to where to start troubleshoot this or if
> anybody
> > else has experience a similar issue.  Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jacob
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